CVE-2025-4878
Libssh: use of uninitialized variable in privatekey_from_file()
At a glance
- Severity
- LOW 3.6
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 (2026-10-28)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where an uninitialized variable exists under certain conditions in the privatekey_from_file() function. This flaw can be triggered if the file specified by the filename doesn't exist and may lead to possible signing failures or heap corruption.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-22335
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-4878
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0469 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle MySQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0907 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle MySQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0622 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| libssh | affected 0 < 0.11.2 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:0.10.4-18.el9 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:0.10.4-18.el9 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4878
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376184
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=697650caa97eaf7623924c75f9fcfec6dd423cd1
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=b35ee876adc92a208d47194772e99f9c71e0bedb
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2025-4878.txt
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |